Bottom-Line Training: How to Design and Implement Successful Programs That Boost Profits (Improving Human Performance Series) (Improving Human Performance Series)

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'Bottom-Line Training' gives you the crucial information you'll need to produce bottom-line results with your training and development program.

This book provides you with the tools to train employees thoroughly and effectively so they can significantly contribute to your company's success.
Today, training and development programs must prove their worth and 'Bottom-Line Training' guides you step by step through the design and implementation process. It clearly shows you how to:
* analyze the true needs of your clients
* design training programs that are tailored for your company's needs
* develop the program, determining the best style of training for your audience
* implement the program, using the most appropriate delivery techniques
* evaluate the results for both the trainees and the business

'Bottom-Line Training' will help you boost your company's own bottom line with successful training and development programs that will increase your organization's performance, along with its financial and strategic goals.

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Bottom-Line Training How to Design and Implement Successful.......2000-06-05

Ford successfully explains how to show bottom-line results for the five phases of improving human performance - analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation. The text is divided into these five areas with detailed information on how to implement each. Definitions clarify subtle differences, such as the difference between needs analysis and needs assessment. Comparisons of widely accepted practices are also helpful in allowing the reader to select the best method for their project. This book is a "must" on every trainer's/performance analyst's shelf!

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Nation-States and Money provides a very topical, varied perspective on the past and possible future between money and nation-states. The book sheds light on the future of national currencies as the world begins to deal with the Eurodollar.

Nation-States and Money: Past, Present and Future of National Currencies

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Nation-States and Money: Past, Present and Future of National Currencies
Emily Gilbert
Manufacturer: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MVBC6I

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This timely volume provides innovative perspectives on the management advice industry from leading contributors in critical theory, organizational behaviour, sociology, psychology, actor-network theory and narrative analysis. It addresses such fundamental questions as:What is management knowledge?How is it created and sold?What is the role of consultants, gurus, academics in this process?Does the management advice industry add value?What is the nature of the client-consultant relationship?The development of interest in the management advice industry, both within the business press and the social sciences, reflects the need to answer these questions. The critical analysis presented here evaluates what management consultants offer as well as investigating the emergence of their industry as a contemporary social phenomenon.This volume provides the first critical evaluation of the different actors and activities that comprise the management advice sector, and will be invaluable both to those teaching courses in consultancy and to analysts who are trying to make sense of the explosion in the management knowledge industry.

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Practical solutions to one of the most critical problems facing entrepreneurs today

Finding reliable advisors, consultants, freelancers, and suppliers can be a challenge. This book provides lists of qualities to look for in a potential advisor or supplier and even questions to ask during an interview. It also supplies guidelines on how to monitor performance and control costs, methods of payment for services, negotiation tactics, tips on how to handle a working relationship gone sour, and more.

* Features tips on working with lawyers, accountants, bankers, and creative services

LEONARD BISK (Ithaca, New York) is an entrepreneur who started six successful companies.

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A great resource for managers and entrepreneurs.......1997-06-13

A well thought out and easy to use reference for anyone faced with hiring consultants, attorneys, etc. Important advice and excellent methodology make this book a must own for any business person who has the responsibility of hiring and using outside service providers

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Incredible Book

get SAVED now with simple, direct organizing techniques

Some Good Advice!

If you are not already naturally organized, then his process would be excruciating torture to you.

It's That Next Step that Matters...

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
David Allen
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Binding: Paperback

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With first-chapter allusions to martial arts, "flow," "mind like water," and other concepts borrowed from the East (and usually mangled), you'd almost think this self-helper from David Allen should have been called Zen and the Art of Schedule Maintenance.

Not quite. Yes, Getting Things Done offers a complete system for downloading all those free-floating gotta-do's clogging your brain into a sophisticated framework of files and action lists--all purportedly to free your mind to focus on whatever you're working on. However, it still operates from the decidedly Western notion that if we could just get really, really organized, we could turn ourselves into 24/7 productivity machines. (To wit, Allen, whom the New Economy bible Fast Company has dubbed "the personal productivity guru," suggests that instead of meditating on crouching tigers and hidden dragons while you wait for a plane, you should unsheathe that high-tech saber known as the cell phone and attack that list of calls you need to return.)

As whole-life-organizing systems go, Allen's is pretty good, even fun and therapeutic. It starts with the exhortation to take every unaccounted-for scrap of paper in your workstation that you can't junk, The next step is to write down every unaccounted-for gotta-do cramming your head onto its own scrap of paper. Finally, throw the whole stew into a giant "in-basket"

That's where the processing and prioritizing begin; in Allen's system, it get a little convoluted at times, rife as it is with fancy terms, subterms, and sub-subterms for even the simplest concepts. Thank goodness the spine of his system is captured on a straightforward, one-page flowchart that you can pin over your desk and repeatedly consult without having to refer back to the book. That alone is worth the purchase price. Also of value is Allen's ingenious Two-Minute Rule: if there's anything you absolutely must do that you can do right now in two minutes or less, then do it now, thus freeing up your time and mind tenfold over the long term. It's commonsense advice so obvious that most of us completely overlook it, much to our detriment; Allen excels at dispensing such wisdom in this useful, if somewhat belabored, self-improver aimed at everyone from CEOs to soccer moms (who we all know are more organized than most CEOs to start with). --Timothy Murphy

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In today's world, yesterday's methods just don't work. In Getting Things Done, veteran coach and management consultant David Allen shares the breakthrough methods for stress-free performance that he has introduced to tens of thousands of people across the country. Allen's premise is simple: our productivity is directly proportional to our ability to relax. Only when our minds are clear and our thoughts are organized can we achieve effective productivity and unleash our creative potential. In Getting Things Done Allen shows how to:

€ Apply the "do it, delegate it, defer it, drop it" rule to get your in-box to empty
€ Reassess goals and stay focused in changing situations
€ Plan projects as well as get them unstuck
€ Overcome feelings of confusion, anxiety, and being overwhelmed
€ Feel fine about what you're not doing

From core principles to proven tricks, Getting Things Done can transform the way you work, showing you how to pick up the pace without wearing yourself down.

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"""The personal productivity guru"" (Fast Company) delivers powerful methods that vastly increase your efficiency and creative results-at work and in life In today's world, yesterday's methods just don't work. In Getting Things Done, veteran coach and management consultant David Allen shares the breakthrough methods for stress-free performance that he has introduced to tens of thousands of people across the country. Allen's premise is simple: our productivity is directly proportional to our ability to relax. Only when our minds are clear and our thoughts are organized can we achieve effective productivity and unleash our creative potential. In Getting Things Done Allen shows how to: Apply the ""do it, delegate it, defer it, drop it"" rule to get your in-box to empty Reassess goals and stay focused in changing situations Plan projects as well as get them unstuck Overcome feelings of confusion, anxiety, and being overwhelmed Feel fine about what you're not doing From core principles to proven tricks, Getting Things Done can transform the way you work, showing you how to pick up the pace without wearing yourself down."

Customer Reviews:

Incredible Book.......2007-10-22

David Allen's methods (in conjunction with Merlin Mann's Inbox Zero series) have changed how I handle my work, for both my personal and professional life.

I am getting more done, and my stress level is drastically diminished. An empty inbox makes me happy. : - )

get SAVED now with simple, direct organizing techniques.......2007-10-15

Read GTD one time through. Hard to put down. Read it again to outline and make the knowledge my own. I'm like a born-again GTD evangelist. Like a true holy-roller I started doing as much as I could, as fast as I could because I have seen the light!

Projects that have been languishing on the back burner are now active and moving forward. Multiple stacks of piled paper are now neatly organized in a new lateral file cabinet. I didn't really have an inbox. Now I not only have an inbox, I'm spouting profound truths like, "there is no vision without an inbox."

Using my pda is no longer painful. I know right where my planning notes are. I can make notes that transform into clear thinking, then projects, then actions by context.

Save yourself, brother. GTD. This is the way.

Some Good Advice!.......2007-10-12

Allen's approach to managing yourself and your world is very good advice on how to be more productive and satisfied. This book is filled with practical, hands-on ideas, tips, tools, and techniques for more effective self-management. Many of us feel overwhelmed and out of control in today's fast-paced world. This book and the book Understanding: Train of Thought are great ways to get a handle on all that "stuff" in our lives and figure out how to better manage the flow of information that never seems to stop. Five stars all the way!

If you are not already naturally organized, then his process would be excruciating torture to you........2007-10-10

#1 if you are not already naturally organized, then I can only expect you will toss this book in the rubbish bin because his process would be excruciating torture to you. It is an in-depth, deep clean.

If you are already naturally organized and yet feel you are not truly maximizing the effort you are putting into it, then this is well worth the time to read.

I easily related to this book and took away a few productive processes. It is over all a helpful book on organizing beyond the ubiquitous to do list. He has clear steps to get stalled projects moving forward. Hammering the point that the frustrations you face in getting things done are in actuality your lack of dealing with the hard question of what is the next physical action I need to take with this to deal with it. That may very well be toss it in the rubbish or Make a phone call...

Unfortunately, more often than not his example of the next action step is make a call... I started to cringe half way through the book whenever he wrote "Finally, when it's time to actually do an action, LIKE MAKING A CALL..." Towards the end of the book I was saying out loud and laughing "What is our next action step... Oh, of course make a call!"

That one criticism aside, I am trying his tickler file concept and do find it useful. I have implemented his mind sweep to organizing myself before the week so as to be prepared to face all of the inevitable interruptions and schedule changes with ease while accomplishing my weekly objectives. Although, in my case frequently the next action step is "turn off the phone, IM and email" so that I can work.

It's That Next Step that Matters..........2007-10-09

David Allen's concise and useful guide is built largely on the idea that, while people "think" in terms of entire projects, human action can only be practically applied to one aspect of a project at any one time.

In order to be effective, and work intelligently,we must first diligently construct our catalog of things that "need" doing and then proceed to priortize them in terms of their relative importance. This is only list making, however the act of breaking each project down, in order of importance, into discrete action steps is a more complex intellectual process, and is where we often fail. It is not a complex concept, but even the very intelligent lose sight of it under the pressures of life and work.

I found it interesting that many of the key points emphasized by Allen were articulated by Earl Nightingale, a famous radio commentator, decades ago. They are no less true today. The difficulty is forming and maintaining the habit structure that enables us to be masters of work, rather than slaves to unfinished business.

Bob Moffit
Retired Executive & Industry Consultant

Organizate Con Eficacia / Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-free Productivity

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Organizate Con Eficacia / Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-free Productivity
David Allen
Manufacturer: Ediciones Urano
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

ASIN: 8495787164

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Este libro tiene un objetivo claro: demostrar que existe un sistema de organización del trabajo que nos permite liberar la mente de las tensiones que inhiben nuestra creatividad, y que nos hace más eficaces en todos los aspectos de la vida.

David Allen sostiene que nuestra mente tiene una capacidad limitada para almacenar información y propone una serie de fórmulas prácticas para eliminar las tensiones e incrementar nuestra capacidad de trabajo y nuestro rendimiento.

Organízate con eficacia se fundamenta en unas sencillas normas básicas de organización del tiempo, como por ejemplo la necesidad de determinar cuál es el siguiente paso a dar en cada uno de nuestros proyectos, o la regla de los dos minutos (si surge una tarea pendiente y se puede hacer en menos de dos minutos, debe hacerse inmediatamente). El sistema propuesto por Allen soluciona ansiedades y desconciertos, y nos permite transformar nuestro modo de trabajar y la manera de percibir nuestros retos cotidianos.

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GETTING THINGS DONE - The Art of Stress-free Productivity
David Allen
Manufacturer: Penguin Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000JVEHKE

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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
David Allen
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OJIUK4

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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

Manufacturer: Tandem Library
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: 1417665815

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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-free Productivity Unabridged
David Allen
Manufacturer: Nightengale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Audio Cassette

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ASIN: B000LUVQAC

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Complete unabridged cassette course in clamshell case with book. 8 Cassettes

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Helpful for CFP

perhaps the worst textbook I've ever read

Personal Financial Planning: Theory and Practice
Michael Dalton
Manufacturer: Kaplan Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Customer Reviews:

Helpful for CFP.......2007-06-29

I agree with a previous comment about the lack of editing and copyediting that was done with this book. There are quite a few mechanical errors. However, this book gives you the bare bones run done of what to expect in fundamentals for the Certified Financial Planner exam. My course used this book and I passed the exam on the first try. If you are interested in this book and becoming a CFP, I would also highly recommend the "Understanding Your Financial Calculator" workbook from BISYS.

perhaps the worst textbook I've ever read.......2006-09-26

***I would urge anyone considering taking a course in financial planning to avoid any class that uses this textbook -- it's THAT bad.***

I'm taking a financial planning class and this is the required textbook. I don't know why the instructors chose to use this book -- it's awful. Perhaps one of the worst textbooks I've ever seen. The instructors must be getting a kick-back from the publisher -- that's the only thing that would explain their selection.

At first glance, the book looks interesting and seems well put-together. Flip through and you'll find they have plenty of charts, graphs, and tables, and everything looks official and authoritative. However, once you actually start reading, you realize that the authors are *hacks* who don't know what they are talking about and have chosen to try to hide their own ignorance by being as evasive, wishy-washy and obscure as possible. Chapter 18 (on Ethics), consists entirely of legalese. There's no chance for a non-lawyer to make any sense of this section.

The other chapters are equally bad. Chapter 2 (a basic review of Econ 101) has references to the wrong figures, and many of the captions along the side of the page appear to have been accidentally cropped, so that they don't form a complete (or coherent) sentence. And it's clear the publishers didn't bother to hire an editor to do a basic mechanical check to make sure the document looked ok before sending it to print. I think they must have run a spell-check, because I'm not finding spelling errors, but I am finding that the spell-check didn't catch correctly-spelled words that are in the wrong place, thus creating sentences that make no sense. (A $10/hour editor would have caught this stuff.)

And the writing is also very poor. "Strunk & White's Elements of Style" is the bible that your high school English teacher probably gave you to help you avoid the basic pitfalls of composition. But it seems that these authors couldn't procure a copy because they violate just about every rule in the book.
- Passive voice? (yes!)
- over-use of jargon? (check!)
- long sentences that must be read many times before they make sense? (yes)

I'm looking to switch careers and get into financial planning. This course is required reading, thus I'm locked into 10 weeks with this awful book. That's about 800 pages of small print that I have to "master," Or about 80 hours of time devoted to this awful book. And I would gladly spend time reading something that was put together with care and concern, but these authors clearly have *no* respect for their audience.

I would urge anyone considering taking a course in financial planning to avoid any class that uses this textbook. I can't speak to the quality of the other books, but this one is absolutely awful. Being asked to read this book actually feels like an insult.

Personal Financial Planning: Theory and Practice

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Personal Financial Planning: Theory and Practice
Debbie Harrison
Manufacturer: Financial Times/Prentice Hall
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 027368101X

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The story of how the founder of the Famous Amos Cookie Company lost everything, including his name----and turned adversity into opportunity. This revealing book chronicles Wally's loss of the cookie empire that he had built, to the opening of The Uncle Noname Cookie Company, and his journey towards learning how to turn lemons into lemonade. Wally imparts his belief that crises can turn out to be glorious benefits if we draw on universal wisdom to handle them -- that challenges are simply part of every human being's journey; they are valuable catalysts for our personal growth.

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You must see the invisible to do the impossible.......2000-08-25

I was honored to hear a talk by this gentle, humorous man 7/15/98 at the INTA Conference in Arizona. He genuinely bubbles with enthusiasm and positive energy. It was a joy to read this book and learn how he turns events around to his satisfaction, depending solely upon God. Two of his powerful statements are, "Failure is Someone Else's Opinion of the Outcome of a Situation," and "Power Is In Being, Not in Doing." Wally Amos depends, he says, on spiritual laws that work - he doesn't have to understand them - they just work. He tells us how to benefit from adversity and of the many relationship problems that occur and how to handle them. I enjoyed every minute reading this book and highly recommend it.

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